Heart's sickness | Every lark finds a stone where it can rest

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Johann Winkler

's Herzlad

Language: Bavarian (Boarisch)

Our translations: ENG

Jede Lerch' find't an Stan, wo sie ausråsten kånn;
und a Halmle find'ts a, wo s' ihr Nest baut davon.
Nur der Mensch hat ka Råst, nur der Mensch håt ka Ruah!
Denn kam find't er wo 's Glück, kumt schon 's Unglück dazua. 

Håb ka Traurigkeit 'kennt, is mei Freund zu mir 'kum',
doch dås Schicksål wår hårt, håt a den Trost mir g'num'.
Und so bleib' i allan, gånz allan af der Welt!
Åch, es muass wohl so sein, weil's Gott Våter håt g'wöllt.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Thomas Koschat (1845 - 1914), "'s Herzlad", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Kärntner Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, nach den vierstimmigen Gesängen, no. 6, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "Heart's sickness", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 86

Heart's sickness

Language: English after the Bavarian (Boarisch)

Every lark finds a stone where it can rest,
and it also finds straw, from which it builds its nest.
Only man has no rest, only man has no calm;
as soon as he has found it, misfortune arises.

I didn't know of sadness, when my friend came to me,
but destiny was cruel and took even that consolation from me.
And so I remain alone, quite alone in the world!
It certainly must be so, because it was god's will.

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a text in Bavarian (Boarisch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-07-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 81